Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,716 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

M. Surcouf

From Graces Guide

A well-known French aeronaut, who had designed many famous balloons.

1903 His most recent triumph was the Lebaudy airship, which had a flat base to the balloon envelope. This flatness of the underside, he thinks, would enable the balloon to soar in bird-like fashion.

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Sources of Information

  • Motoring Annual and Motorist’s Year Book 1903